Will there be Irish in the game? Cúpla Focal!

Hi everyone!

Just checking in with the latest update for Final Thing Quest. There are two big things I’d like to announce today.

The first is that version one  is complete! Yay! 

So that has been passed on to my testers for the first round of checks and then I’ll have to do all the inevitable changes and fixes that they flag up until it’s as good as I can make it. I am happy to say that we are still on target for an early to mid September release so you all will be able to play it soon!

As for the second announcement, as the title suggests, there will be a town in the game that exclusively speaks Irish. It always felt wrong that in most RPGs the entire world speaks the same language, especially when there are numerous races. It was always strange that they all spoke perfect common, so I really wanted at least one town that didn’t.

Now Final Thing Quest has its own little Gaeltacht, an Irish speaking region. This won’t impact the main story at all as the town is a completely optional stop on your journey but I’m happy to announce its inclusion. Special thanks to Ciarán for all your help.

It was important to me to have the Irish language in my first game as it is something that I care about and wish was preserved more. I grew up learning it in school but unfortunately, I quickly lost the language due to lack of use and lack of available media to immerse myself in it. I hope that this in some small way will help others enjoy seeing the language in the wild.

This should be my last update before release so hopefully next time you’ll be able to dive in and play Final Thing Quest for yourself.